Nabire beds, site 7 (Pliocene to of Indonesia)

Where: Paupa, Indonesia (3.6° S, 135.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 135.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Nabire Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Very weak stratigraphy in the original paper.

Environment/lithology: gray, green marl

Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1942. Younger Cenozoic Reef-corals from the Nabire Beds of Nabire, Dutch New Guinea. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy (Japan) 18(1):16-23 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62798: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 27.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. A" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites "sp. B" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites "sp. C" Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Cyphastrea microphthalma, "Platygyra gracilis" = Leptoria phrygia, "Favites virens" = Favites abdita, "Coeloria sp." = Platygyra
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Platygyra gracilis" = Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Coeloria sp." = Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral